Head of Talent at Forward Partners
Location: GB, LND, London
Department: Core 
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Human Resources
Function: Human Resources

Company profile:
Based in Hoxton, London, Forward Partners are a “startup catalyst”, combining investment with practical hands-on expertise and insight.We're investors in very early stage ecommerce companies.  Our team have the experience to enable entrepreneurs to succeed.  We do more than advise and mentor. We help the best entrepreneurs quickly find a great product-market fit with our expertise in customer discovery, coding, design, customer acquisition, testing and analysis as well as offering office space.Companies invested in include: Hailo, Zopa, Wool and the Gang, Thread, Big Health, Stylect, Makers Academy, Blik Book, DriftRock, Top10, SnapTrip, Loyalty Bay and Appear Here

Job description:
Location: Old Street, LondonThe team at Forward Partners find, fund and help the very best UK tech entrepreneurs grow innovative businesses in eCommerce.  We invest in very early stage companies and some of those companies will join us in our offices for the first year of their journey.  During that time they have access to our team of designers, developers, product managers and marketing experts.We help our startup companies grow their product, their business model and their team.  Many will succeed or fail thanks to their ability to hire well and build strong teams.  The role of our Talent Manager therefore is pivotal for our success.The key purpose of the Talent Manager is toSupport our portfolio companies with hiring plans, talent acquisition and onboarding plans,build HR assets and advisory services that our portfolio companies can draw onand attract and retain the very best talent for Forward Partners’ core teamThis is an exciting chance to work in a fun, fast moving environment at the heart of London’s tech scene.  You’ll be meeting the brightest and the best on a daily basis and help build the teams creating some of the UK’s most successful startups.Main responsibilities;Work with our entrepreneurs to build a talent plan and define the roles that they are recruiting forHelp craft exciting job descriptions, plan posting strategy, implement individual referral schemes, careers sections on individual websites etcBuild and keep up to date a strong candidate database for key disciplines such as design, development, product and marketingAdvertise roles, headhunt, source and screen candidatesInterviews with final round candidates if neededHelp entrepreneurs to close offers with their preferred candidates, keeping candidates informed at all timesSupport, train and empower entrepreneurs in exemplary recruitment techniques from end-to-endDevelop and maintain London job market knowledge for the tech sector, share this with portfolio companiesCompile a preferred and heavily discounted third parties suppliers list. Build partnerships with them to ensure they are always thinking of Forward Partners - converting them to Forward Partner advocates.Build useful HR assets that can be used by current and future portfolio companies to speed up their scaling effortsConnect managers in portfolio companies and build dialogue on talent management issues that they value (news, events, training etc.)Actively promote Forward Partners to build awareness of what we do within the job market (e.g. attending and speaking at networking events)Plan, attend and ensure Forward Partners and the portfolio companies are well represented at relevant careers fair where appropriateBe up-to-date in hiring techniques that hack traditional recruitment methods

Requirements:
Desired Skills and ExperienceWe are looking for candidates with:A proven passion for innovation and the internetExperience recruiting top tech talent (especially developers), including successful placements via headhuntingExperience placing candidates into startups (either working in-house or as a agency recruiter) having credibility and strong relationships with foundersExperience building a community and network of people around an employer brandExperience managing people within an organisationConfidence to speak on behalf of Forward Partners at eventsIf you are interested in learning more about Forward Partners or wish to apply for this role, please get in touch.Note...Applications with a CV and covering note will be quickly reviewed.CVs submitted by recruitment agencies will be quietly and politely ignored.We can’t promise to reply to every application.

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